October 2007 Entries

Vista and New Machine Annoyances
I have had my new machine for about two weeks now. There are a number of things that are bugging me. Some of them are definitely Vista related. Some of them might be the machine or might be Vista. The first thing is that nothing is where it used to be. The screen saver utility is no longer in Display. It is now in Personalization. Oh, and by the way, Display no longer appears in the Control Panel, it's under Personalization. So once you find the screen saver setting try selecting Photos. Even if...
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Posted On Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:21 PM | Feedback (0)

Windows Vista User Experience at T+ 48hr
Ok, so I am a little behind the adoption curve for an IT person. I had a machine crash recently and finally purchased a computer with Vista installed. I have to say that so far I am less than impressed. I am sure that the computer needs more memory but I am experiencing random screen flickers where the screen will black for a second and then everything is fine. This seems to only happen when there are a number of popup bubbles. Another wierd thing is windows keep resizing themselves when I am clicking...
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Posted On Monday, October 15, 2007 5:56 AM | Feedback (0)